Driving home from the store in the 92 945T I suddenly noticed to my horror that the temp needle was way past the red. Pulled over immediately to investigate.

I found that the bottom nipple on the coolant reservoir had somehow cracked off and the connecting hose had dropped down.

While waiting for my sons to rescue me the car cooled down and when they arrived with water and tools we dug out the broken nipple section but couldn't reattach to the stub on the reservoir. So we filled up the system with water and McGyvered a cap on the hose by taping the water bottle cap on. This got me home with normal operation and temp needle right in the center.

Lessons learned (or relearned)

1. Keep your scan going-obviously mine had deteriorated since my flying days
2. Carry basic tool when you drive a car over 20 years old.
3. 900 series cars are tough

Next question-are coolant tanks still available?

Brian Mee

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